I've still got my 19 set I got for 10/- ( TX removed) from PadgetsRadio Store in 1963 . I used it for years as a receiver.Brian

Maybe £400 if it was in mint condition - but that one doesn't look likeit is.

I still have my R107 receiver. It's in more-or-less the same shape asthe day it was delivered in 1958. It's in my QRZ photo, and it's besideme as I type. I wonder what it's worth? I also still have the MadMagazine (and a few more from that year) - and the TCS10 transmitter.

I've still got my 19 set I got for 10/- ( TX removed) from PadgetsRadio Store in 1963 . I used it for years as a receiver.Brian

Maybe £400 if it was in mint condition - but that one doesn't look likeit is.I still have my R107 receiver. It's in more-or-less the same shape asthe day it was delivered in 1958. It's in my QRZ photo, and it's besideme as I type. I wonder what it's worth? I also still have the MadMagazine (and a few more from that year) - and the TCS10 transmitter.

Agreeing with the polymath makes me feel unclean but it's the 1st thinghe's said that makes sense.

£800 for 19set + spares and all the gubbins is a lot more sensible thansome goon asking £395 for shitty old FT757 that's 30-35 years old andwas a pretty average set when new. Hell an FT-450D brand new with 2yearswarranty is only £550 +/-, so £155 more. Plus you can get it on creditand it pisses all over a 35year old FT-757 and has 6m too.

Agreeing with the polymath makes me feel unclean but it's the 1st thinghe's said that makes sense.

From the description it hasn't got a complete original power lead. If Iwere an obsessive collector I wouldn't be happy with this, andespecially not with the bodge of soldering directly to the pins on thePSU. I don't think these leads are easy to find. (I remember boxesof them being sold cheap and probably the excess ended up in landfill.)

So, whatever is the going rate for a complete one, I reckon this abouthalves the value. Mine was stripped for components! In my defence, Iwas quite young and needed the space. And I had a working 22 set as areceiver.

Post by mm0fmf£800 for 19set + spares and all the gubbins is a lot more sensible thansome goon asking £395 for shitty old FT757 that's 30-35 years old andwas a pretty average set when new. Hell an FT-450D brand new with 2yearswarranty is only £550 +/-, so £155 more. Plus you can get it on creditand it pisses all over a 35year old FT-757 and has 6m too.I shall now go and shower in bleach.

Agreeing with the polymath makes me feel unclean but it's the 1st thinghe's said that makes sense.

From the description it hasn't got a complete original power lead. If Iwere an obsessive collector I wouldn't be happy with this, andespecially not with the bodge of soldering directly to the pins on thePSU. I don't think these leads are easy to find. (I remember boxesof them being sold cheap and probably the excess ended up in landfill.)So, whatever is the going rate for a complete one, I reckon this abouthalves the value. Mine was stripped for components! In my defence, Iwas quite young and needed the space.

I did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

Agreeing with the polymath makes me feel unclean but it's the 1st thinghe's said that makes sense.

From the description it hasn't got a complete original power lead. If Iwere an obsessive collector I wouldn't be happy with this, andespecially not with the bodge of soldering directly to the pins on thePSU. I don't think these leads are easy to find. (I remember boxesof them being sold cheap and probably the excess ended up in landfill.)So, whatever is the going rate for a complete one, I reckon this abouthalves the value. Mine was stripped for components! In my defence, Iwas quite young and needed the space.

I did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent

Post by Custos Custodumrack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Don't mention the radioactive meters.Brian

Brouthy ferry ? ...

Dalgety Bay, wasn't it ? 6 miles from here as the yobba ray travels.Brian

yes nice spot .....

'Hot-spot' would be more accurate. It was nice until they startedbuilding all the houses. The old runway used to be a favourite placefor learner drivers to get some practice at changing up and down thegearbox before being let loose on the roads.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Don't mention the radioactive meters.Brian

Brouthy ferry ? ...

Dalgety Bay, wasn't it ? 6 miles from here as the yobba ray travels.Brian

yes nice spot .....

'Hot-spot' would be more accurate. It was nice until they startedbuilding all the houses. The old runway used to be a favourite placefor learner drivers to get some practice at changing up and down thegearbox before being let loose on the roads.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead! And cadmium! I'm sure it wouldn't cost morethan 300 GBP to get a specialist firm to take it away.

Don't mention the radioactive meters.Brian

Brouthy ferry ? ...

Dalgety Bay, wasn't it ? 6 miles from here as the yobba ray travels.

Still a problem. A new 'particle' turns up on the beach every now andthen. (I suspect SEPA finds one every time they go looking). I thinkMoD had finally been shamed into doing some cleaning up but I'm notsure if anything has happened yet. Haven't noticed anything in thelocal rag for a while.

When I got my 19 set, I borrowed a radiac from a colleague down thecorridor and measured the radiation from it. Absolute background, 3 cps.

My friend's WWII army compass with luminous spot on the needle was 10000cps, but he'd long previously guessed that was going to be the case.

--Spike

"Once you see the RSGB logo you know that you are on the right track"But to what? Publish RSGBTech/RSGBTechnical's definitions of'genuine', 'interest', 'known', 'trouble', and 'maker', and the vettingpolicy.

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead!

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead!

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead!

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead!

Post by Custos CustodumI did the same with a set of (apparently unused) control boxes for arack of "Command" receivers. They would probably be much more "sortafter" than the receivers nowadays. I still have one of thetransmitters which was in similarly pristine condition but hassuffered somewhat from being stored in the garage in recent years. Ohwell!

landfill it

Surely it should be recycled? Consistent with the WEEE procedure.Think of all the lead!

None whatsoever. Anodised aluminium finish - not even the usualcrackle paint.And it does have a nice roller coaster and wide-spaced variablecapacitors.

Was it aeroplane or manpack stuff? I thought most things had platedsteel chassis in those days.

Definitely airborne. Just like this one (mine still has all the covershttps://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/transmitter-radio-bc-457-scr-274-n-command-set

That's the sort of nice surplus stuff I could never afford in the 60sand 70s.

Me neither. This one was 'rescued'. My Dad worked for the MoD and hadheard that the workshops were having a clearout and were scrapping aload of stuff so, being a bit of a magpie (a trait I have inherited),he went along for a nosey and came back with a pile of gear.

They did what they were designed to do, so in fact they were very goodradios.

Just because they don't fit some other function very well is the faultof the user, not the radio.

--Spike

"Once you see the RSGB logo you know that you are on the right track"But to what? Publish RSGBTech/RSGBTechnical's definitions of'genuine', 'interest', 'known', 'trouble', and 'maker', and the vettingpolicy.

Agreeing with the polymath makes me feel unclean but it's the 1st thinghe's said that makes sense.£800 for 19set + spares and all the gubbins is a lot more sensible thansome goon asking £395 for shitty old FT757 that's 30-35 years old andwas a pretty average set when new. Hell an FT-450D brand new with 2yearswarranty is only £550 +/-, so £155 more. Plus you can get it on creditand it pisses all over a 35year old FT-757 and has 6m too.I shall now go and shower in bleach.